It was Korea's first Olympic appearance in the sport. Park was the first Korean skier to compete in the Nordic Combined World Cup and world championships.

Eric Frenzel of Germany claimed the gold with 24:51.4, followed by Akito Watabe of Japan with 24:56.2 and Lukas Klapfer of Austria with 25:09.5. Frenzel also claimed the gold four years ago in Sochi, and Watabe the silver.

In luge, Korean racers Park Jin-yong and Cho Jung-myung finished ninth in doubles, after clocking a combined 1:32.672 in their two runs.

The duo logged 46.396 seconds in their first run and 46.276 seconds in their second run.

The ninth-place finish earned them high praise, as they ranked at No. 18 in the Sochi Games four years ago.

Germany's Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt claimed the gold with combined 1:31.697, followed by Austria's Peter Penz and Georg Fischler with 1:31.785, and Germany's Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken with 1:31.987.

In curling, Korean male curlers suffered two losses in their round robin matches in one day.

Facing world No. 2, Sweden, the team of Kim Chang-min, Seong Se-hyeon, Kim Min-chan, Lee Ki-bok and Oh Eun-su could not take a single lead, allowing a 7-2 loss.

Hours before, they were crushed 11-7 by the U.S., as the Americans capitalized on their early lead.